» Lagos http://laboca.co.uk/blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:38:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Shrine – Lagos http://laboca.co.uk/blog/2009/06/the-shrine-lagos/ http://laboca.co.uk/blog/2009/06/the-shrine-lagos/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:33:17 +0000 Scot Bendall http://laboca.co.uk/blog/?p=836 In the past week the Nigerian authorities have finally succeeded in closing the legendary Shrine venue in Lagos. The Shrine club originally formed part of the “Kalakuta Republic” founded by Fela Kuti in the early 70s (which also included a recording studio and commune), and was the stage where Fela developed the Afrobeat sound. It’s not the first time the venue has been closed by the authorities – The original Shrine was already destroyed in 1977 – but unfortunately it appears this latest closure may be final.

Here’s a clip of Fela at home and a clip of the Shrine as it stood until last week.

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